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It's a needed service, I'm sure. AT&T (NYSE: T), the nation's largest wireless carrier, is launching a service today that gives parents total control over their teenagers' cell phones.

Everyone with teenagers has a story about the $800 cell phone bill and family plan busted by text messages sent during class time. This service, dubbed "smart limits," will allow parents to block undesirable calls and limit text messages. It will also allow for filtering of web sites parents don't want their kids accessing from their phones (ah, the double-edged sword of interconnectivity).

This element, however, won't work on Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, because of the browser. It won't work when the caller is using Wi-Fi, either.

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TNT's is about to drop yet another original drama series on us. It's called Saved, and AOL products will be integrated into the actual show.

Saved will air Mondays at 10 p.m. starting June 12. The series launches with a commercial-free premiere episode, sponsored by Quizno's and Dodge.

"Our integration with both Saved and [the TNT series] The Closer -- an established hit -- allows us to tap into new audiences and broaden our reach in a unique way," says Richard Taylor, senior vice president of brand marketing for AOL. "We can showcase the value of AOL within the actual storyline, making it relevant to the characters' lives."

According to the press release, Saved focuses on a young, hip, directionless slacker named Wyatt Cole. Cole -- played by Tom Everett Scott (Boiler Room, That Thing You Do) -- kicks around Portland, Oregon, trying to figure out what to do with his life and struggling to live in the shadow of his high-achieving parents.

The hook? He's a paramedic.

The catchphrase? "By saving other people's lives, he will be able to save his own."

I can only imagine how this one is going to work...

SCENE: Burnside Bridge, Downtown Portland. Single-car auto accident. Cole is applying a tourniquet.

Cole: "I can't deal with all these pressures. They've been with me ever since childhood. I mean if only they'd placed PARENTAL CONTROLS on their expectations of me --"

Auto accident victim [suddenly coming back to consciousness]: "You mean like the PARENTAL CONTROLS on AOL?!"

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